Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it could be argued that an organisation is badly structured because it is poorly managed , and even if it were restructured , poor management would continue to depress the organisation 's performance — ie. performance may not be attributable only to structure . |
| 2 | Fine as far as it went we would expect during this er proposal the nature of the new settlement to be specific particularly in relation to the transport of the structure . |
| 3 | This will have to be reviewed in the light of these new ‘ rules ’ but the advent of new rules does not fundamentally change the principles of effective decision-making : open decision-making has always been possible and will continue to be possible even under LMS . |
| 4 | I wonder whether eventually admissions will be possible only during working hours but not during lunch or coffee breaks . |
| 5 | Experts have said that the cadmium may be due either to pollution or to " natural seabed reserves " . |
| 6 | The tedium and discomfort of life which prevailed between moments of action and danger , and the feeling that they would never be strong enough in morale or matériel to take the offensive themselves , were dispelled when Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army later in the summer . |
| 7 | His decision to drop Hughes to see if McClair could recover his striking form of the season before last proved to be popular only with Palace . |
| 8 | Feelings about these different tasks do not seem to be dependent primarily on temperament or on personal background ; rather they emerge as related to the kind of conditions under which the tasks are performed . |
| 9 | Other propositions may not be testable even in principle but may remain for the time as a necessary component of an overall paradigm . |
| 10 | His fingers closed about the pipes and they were translucent , as if the substance that ran in his veins might be light instead of blood . |
| 11 | A desire to get to London can be irrational only in relation to other desires . |
| 12 | For example , the silver top milk could be replaced by skimmed or semi-skimmed milk ; a cooking fat is alright , but replace the lard with sunflower oil ; the muesli probably contains added sugar and a sugar-free brand would be better ; the rice and spaghetti could both be brown instead of white . |
| 13 | Payment under benefit ( c ) shall be payable only on certification by a medical referee of permanent total disablement as defined and not before the expiry of 104 weeks consecutive disablement . |
| 14 | Hence , even though unemployment may be fluctuating markedly over time , workers are never ‘ off ’ their notional labour supply curve . |
| 15 | So not only is it unwise to try to group patients , in terms of syndromes , it is not even possible to group them in terms of symptoms — that is , even a set of patients all showing the same symptom may not be homogeneous even with respect to that symptom . |
| 16 | In bad weather the Sierra de Gredos — a wilderness region that shelters eagles and wolves — can be unforgiving even of expert mountaineers . |
| 17 | One justification for this is that gravity is so weak that quantum gravitational effects would be large only at particle energies way beyond those in any particle accelerator . |
| 18 | Leadership , of course , should be confused neither with autocracy nor omniscience . |
| 19 | Many historic sites and buildings can be cold even in summer , and warm clothing and appropriate footwear may be needed . |
| 20 | The theory also predicted that the average density of galaxies and similar objects should be constant both in space and time . |
| 21 | When elective treatment is considered , however , contrast enhanced computed tomography may be useful just before surgery as thrombosis may occur . |
| 22 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 23 | And obviously , we 're , we 're concerned that people erm will rent our properties who will then be reliant entirely on housing benefit er and and and if they increase their income they may be worse off ! |
| 24 | As countervalue weapons , aimed at large-scale societal destruction , their use would be illegal even in retaliation . |
| 25 | Two prominent New York takeover lawyers , Martin Lipton ( who invented the ‘ poison pill ’ defence ) and Steven Rosenblum , have proposed a way to help institutions get involved : elect board directors for five-year terms during which they would be sackable only for criminal or scandalous behaviour . |
| 26 | The backs of old envelopes may be good enough for shopping lists but scrappy notes are worse than none . |
| 27 | We have looked at these carefully , but feel that even with careful selection and improvement in proficiency with the equipment they would still not be good enough for reproduction . |
| 28 | He knew he was never going to be good enough for Formula One but his father would n't listen . |
| 29 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 30 | Th 'll be safe enough till morning . ’ |